USCGC Westwind (WAG-283)

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 1 × 76 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 41 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Western_Boat_Building_Company
gptkbp:class Wind-class icebreaker
gptkbp:commissioned 1944
gptkbp:crew 80 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1990
1991
gptkbp:displacement 1,500 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Westwind (WAG-283)
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:mission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_New_Life
Operation Deep Freeze
Operation Highjump
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Ross_Sea
gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Weddell_Sea
gptkb:Antarctic_Peninsula
gptkb:Puget_Sound
gptkb:Falkland_Islands
gptkb:Aleutian_Islands
gptkb:Gulf_of_Alaska
gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:South_Shetland_Islands
gptkb:Northern_Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:South_Georgia
gptkb:Scotia_Sea
gptkb:South_Sandwich_Islands
Beaufort Sea
Chukchi Sea
Drake Passage
Amundsen Sea
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Bellingshausen Sea
Strait of Magellan
Antarctic_waters
Arctic_waters
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:secondaryRole Research vessel
Icebreaker
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:serviceYears 1944-1991
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Southwind_(WAG-280)
gptkb:USCGC_Northwind_(WAG-282)
gptkb:USCGC_Eastwind_(WAG-279)
gptkbp:speed 16 knots